Google, Facebook and Yahoo will be some of the major organizations that will present their online content during a “Test Flight” on June 8, 2011, for the network technology known as IPv6.
The goal of the "Test Flight Day" is to motivate technology organizations to prepare for a successful transition to IPv6. That change will be important since the current Internet technology, IPv4, cannot provide an adequate number of numeric addresses to supply future Internet demand. NDSU's network has been fully compatible with IPv6 since 2008.
To recognize this important need, World IPv6 Day will include an interactive video event that will connect participants around the world via interactive video using IPv6 protocol.
NDSU will connect to this global event from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, in the EML 170 videoconference room. Feel free to stop by to visit with those involved in NDSU’s connection to this event.
More about IPv6
All computers connected to the Internet must have a numeric IP address, which is invisible to most users. Currently, those numbers are assigned as part of the IPv4 protocol.
With the rapid growth of the Internet through the 1990s, the IP addresses available under IPv4 are being used up, because that technology was never designed to support a worldwide network. Generating more addresses requires a longer IP address, which meant a new structure and method for routing information.
After examining a number of options, the world Internet technology authority recommended IPv6 in January 1995. Since then, a number of organizations, such as the IPv6 Forum, have been working toward its widespread implementation. By 2004, IPv6 became widely available and was supported by most new network equipment, and technology professionals began the process of learning and implementing this new protocol. Read the complete history at www.ipv6tf.org/index.php?page=meet/history
Info About IPv6 at NDSU
For more information on NDSU’s preparation for conversion to IPv6, e-mail IT Senior Network Engineer Bruce Curtis at bruce.curtis@ndsu.edu or Interactive Media Specialist Daniel Erichsen at Daniel.erichsen@ndsu.edu
Info About IPv6
